SIRIUS XM Radio To Host ‘Celebrity Fantasy Football’ Event on July 21

July 15, 2010 · 0 comments


SIRIUS XM Radio has announced that it will host SIRIUS XM Celebrity Fantasy Football Draft at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City’s Times Square on July 21, 2010.

SIRIUS XM Radio will present an all-day showcase event featuring live music and a series of special broadcasts from a wide variety of SIRIUS XM hosts.

SIRIUS XM Radio is to celebrate the new 24/7 fantasy SIRIUS XM Fantasy Sports Radio channel airing on XM channel 147 and SIRIUS channel 211. Both the channels are available to “Best of XM” programming package subscribers.

SIRIUS XM has invited its subscribers to attend or tune in from around the country and will be treated to a variety of programming from across the SIRIUS XM spectrum.

SIRIUS XM personalities include:

  • Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo
  • Maurice Jones-Drew
  • Steve Phillips
  • Jeremy Roenick
  • Rich Gannon
  • Gary Dell’Abate
  • Jay Thomas
  • Scott Ferrall
  • Adam Schein and
  • Jon Hein

Fantasy experts and SIRIUS XM hosts from RotoExperts.com, RotoWire.com, FantasyGuru.com, and FanBall.com, and Nicole, Rich, Stanley and Ryan from the SIRIUS XM Hits 1 Morning Mash Up show will also attend.

The event will kick off at 10:00 am ET with a broadcast of the Howard Stern Wrap Up Show, hosted by Stern Show executive producer Gary Dell’Abate and Jon Hein, live from the Hard Rock Cafe on Howard 100, one of Howard Stern’s two exclusive SIRIUS XM channels.

Scott Greenstein, SIRIUS XM’s President and Chief Content Officer said “On July 21 we will showcase a range of SIRIUS XM’s programming centered on the SIRIUS XM Fantasy Football Draft. We’re assembling intriguing personalities from sports, talk, comedy and music in one place for an unprecedented event in the world of fantasy sports and we’re thrilled to share it with our subscribers.”

At 12:00 pm ET Southside Johnny, one of New Jersey’s legendary Rock and Rollers, will perform live on the Hard Rock stage. The performance will air live on E Street Radio (SIRIUS channel 10 and XM channel 58).

SIRIUS NFL Radio’s Adam Schein and Rich Gannon will host a special pre-draft show. Schein and Gannon, a 17-year NFL quarterback and the 2002 NFL MVP, will take questions from fans at the Hard Rock and preview the celebrity draft event which will start at 1:00 pm ET.

This year’s draft will feature 12 teams which will be managed by personalities from across the spectrum of SIRIUS XM programming, from the new SIRIUS XM Fantasy Sports Radio channel to SIRIUS XM’s talk and music channels.

Schein and Gannon will emcee the event, which will be conducted live on the Hard Rock stage and will air nationwide on SIRIUS XM Fantasy Sports Radio allowing fantasy sports fans around the country to tune in as celebrity team managers select their rosters and engage in some playful jousting with their competitors.

The 2010 SIRIUS XM Fantasy Football Celebrity League will include the following team managers:

Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo
Host, SIRIUS XM’s Mad Dog Radio channel

John Hansen
SIRIUS XM Fantasy Sports Radio host

Maurice Jones-Drew
Jacksonville Jaguars Pro Bowl running back
SIRIUS XM Fantasy Sports Radio host

Kyle Elfrink
SIRIUS XM Fantasy Sports Radio host

Steve Phillips
Former Major League Baseball GM
SIRIUS XM Fantasy Sports Radio host

Scott Engel
SIRIUS XM Fantasy Sports Radio host

Jeremy Roenick
Nine-time NHL All-Star
SIRIUS XM Fantasy Sports Radio host

Chris Liss
SIRIUS XM Fantasy Sports Radio host

Gary Dell’Abate

Executive Producer of the Howard Stern Show on SIRIUS XM

Rich Davis, Ryan Sampson, Stanley T. and Nicole
SIRIUS XM Hits 1 Morning Mash Up

Jay Thomas
Emmy Award-winning actor
Host of SIRIUS XM’s The Jay Thomas Show

Scott Ferrall
Host of The Scott Ferrall Show on Howard 101 on SIRIUS XM

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